Nail Yakupov, the No. 1 pick in this June’s draft, returned to the ice Friday in Edmonton, one day after it had been reported that an infection in his legs would keep the 18-year-old sidelined indefinitely.

“I’m good now, I’m practicing,” Yakupov told the Oilers’ website after taking part in Perry Pearn’s 3-on-3 Camp with Oilers teammates and some NHL rivals. “Nobody worry about my leg.”

Yakupov fell off a fast-moving treadmill Monday, and on Thursday the Edmonton Journal reported the “road rash” the forward had initially suffered had become an infection.

“I saw it in Russian and Canadian news,” Yakupov said. “I don’t know how they got that.”

Returning to action capped a busy week for Yakupov, including his agent, Igor Larionov, saying that in the event of an NHL lockout, the Russian will play for his hometown KHL team in Nizhnekamsk, rather than return to the junior-level Ontario Hockey League, where he played last season with the Sarnia Sting.